It's tough to be a politician these days. Good thing the assured wealth makes up for this: Boucher's vote draws protesters near his Abingdon office By Debra McCown, Reporter, Bristol Herald Courier Abingdon, Va.
Alpha Natural Resources, which became the nation's third-largest coal company after a recent merger, has reaffirmed its Southwest Virginia roots: It will build its new $21 million headquarters on a site in Bristol, Va.
They were howling like wolves in their evening wear Friday at the Martha Washington Hotel and Spa, where about 100 of Abingdon's social elite gathered for a public art auction that raised more than $35,000. The event ended the saga of 27 painted wolf sculptures that were stolen, returned and taken for joyrides during months of display around town, ...
BY DEBRA McCOWN BRISTOL HERALD COURIER ABINGDON, Va. - The Washington County Board of Supervisors gave zoning approval Tuesday for the second of two projects competing for a state certificate of need to build a nursing home near the new Johnston Memorial Hospital.
Quite often you'll see charity organizations organize galas to bring in money. But when members of the community organize the event as a way of saying thank you, it makes it a little more special.
Area lawmakers aren't yet willing to embrace a controversial plan that would allow Bristol Virginia Utilities to form an independent, public authority.
With a margin of just 17 votes, Republican Joe Straten beat incumbent Democrat Jack McCrady for the Taylor District seat on the Washington County Board of Supervisors, according to unofficial totals late Tuesday.